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Jul 02 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Obama proposed giving home attendants and aides the protections, like overtime pay, that most American workers take for granted. With a work force of about 2.5 million, home health and personal care is the second-fastest-growing job category in the country

Jul 02 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In upholding the core of President Barack Obama’s health- care overhaul, justices still left U.S. businesses wondering what they will have to spend to comply

Jun 29 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Supreme Court’s decision to let states opt out of the health overhaul’s Medicaid expansion without losing current funding for the program lifts a budget mandate from states but could mean fewer Americans gain insurance coverage under the law.

Jun 29 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Hospitals Surge, Insurers Slide on Ruling

Jun 29 2012

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

High Court’s Health-Law Ruling a Boon for Pharmacies, Benefit Managers

Jun 29 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Wealthy investors, health insurance companies and medical device makers will face hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes stemming from the health-care law that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld today.

Jun 29 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

U.S. spending on genetic tests will balloon fivefold to as much as $25 billion in the next decade, from $5 billion in 2010

Jun 29 2012

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Supreme Court has given states a way out of expanding their Medicaid programs under the health law, and top Republican officials in several states were quick to say they want to take that step.

Jun 28 2012

Politico

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Health care ruling: Individual Mandate upheld by Supreme Court

Jun 28 2012

InformationWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Neither the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) nor California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) do enough to address the privacy and security of patients’ health information.

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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